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18 Aug 2017 3:15:02pm

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Thank you Maureen - I agree entirely with your comments. l also agree with this morning's idea of citizen science, as it links in my mind with the way 'health' has become the domai of only science and the pharmaceutical industry.We have, literally in most countries of the world, Departments of Sickness masquerading as Health providers. This is because we the people have been forced, because of the system, to give over control of our wellbeing to someone else.

Could it be that the oldest health professional, the healing woman or herbalist/naturopath, who is at the coal face of listening to people's complex stories every day in practice, could contribute this vital knowledge to a similar type of database, one that is able to collect 'empirical knowledge', subject it to review by 'health experts' (not sickness experts) and thus reduce the huge ongoing crisis represented by continued and endless spending at the wrong end of life.Preventive measures ARE known, they are often simple and inexpensive. BUT, they are given no credence by medical science and repeatedly dismissed as 'old wives' tales or rubbish.And yet increasingly we see via the media an exploration of subjects as diverse as palm reading, and whether our lifestyles can actually contribute to our good health and longevity. And don't even mention the 'food industry'.Isn't it obvious? How many scientists does it take to understand this simple concept?

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